Ovarian anti-Mullerian hormone: what does it do in the normal ovary and why is it so high in polycystic ovary syndrome?

在子宫里，由于一种叫做抗苗勒管激素（AMH）的激素的作用，男婴发育了部分生殖系统。有趣的是，这种激素现在已经被证明在成年女性中发挥作用，因为它与卵巢的工作有关。卵巢中每个月都会有一个卵子生长并释放。我们发现，只有那些摆脱了抗真菌菌素的卵子才能生长。这很重要，因为我们还发现，在导致不孕的常见情况下，这种激素的水平非常高。我们现在需要找出为什么这些女性体内的AMH水平很高，以及AMH对卵巢到底有什么作用。我们希望这将使我们能够帮助这些妇女在未来有更好的生育能力。

In the womb, boy babies develop part of their reproductive system because of the actions of a hormone called anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH). Interestingly, this hormone has now been shown to play a part in adult women in that it is involved in the working of the ovary. In the ovary each month an egg is grown and released. We have found that only those eggs which have got rid of AMH manage to grow. This is important because we have also found that the levels of this hormone are very high in a common condition which causes infertility. We now need to find out why the levels are high in these women and what exactly AMH does in the ovary. We hope that this will allow us to help these women to have better fertility in the future.